Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Albert* Jones Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Albert* Jones She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert* Jones - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Greeley, Colorado, USA - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Colorado, USA

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT BACK

You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Shirley Lewis Show Band

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*

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